Home Care Software Recognizes Men's Health Week

Home Care Software recognizes Men's Health Week.  Each year, the week leading up to and including Father’s Day, is Men’s Health Week.  Men’s Health Week is a great time to focus on keeping our fathers, brothers, uncles, and sons healthy — by educating them on health issues that disproportionately affect men, raising awareness of preventable health problems, and encouraging early detection and treatment of disease.

Did you know?

• Heart disease is the leading cause of death for U.S. men
• More U.S. men die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer
• Prostate cancer and colorectal cancer are the second and third most common causes of cancer death in U.S. men, respectively
• 34% of U.S. adult men are obese, and 32% have hypertension
• Men aged 60 and over are more likely to be obese than younger men

What Your Home Health Agency Can Do

Wear Blue Day: Choose a day that works for your agency or team and encourage them to wear blue to raise awareness about men’s health.

Hold an educational event or presentation about men’s health at your home health agency or a community center.

Plan a men’s health fair and be sure to cover topics such as heart health, injury prevention, prostate cancer, unintentional injuries, testicular cancer, and respiratory diseases. Check out Tips for Planning Health Events.

Talk to the men and boys in your life and encourage them to live a healthy lifestyle and seek regular medical care and early treatment for disease and injury. Send them a men’s health e-card!

Plan physical activities, such as a hike or pick-up football game, with colleagues after work or in your neighborhood and community.

Stay up on the latest about men’s health at CDC by signing up for email updates in the top right corner of the Men’s Health website.

 

National Men's Health Week Printable Poster 

 

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